Comparison

Course Guide GPS vs Golfiasta

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Course Guide GPS

This app provides GPS-enabled yardage guides for golf courses, detailing bunkers, hazards, tees, and green locations. It also tracks scores, strokes, putts, and penalties, with detailed playing statistics available. Users can access pro tips, save notes, and book tee times if supported.

Highlights
  • GPS yardage for bunkers, hazards, and greens
  • Score and stroke tracking
  • Detailed playing statistics
  • Pro tips for playing holes
  • Save personal notes
  • Online tee time booking integration
Features
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The only GPS enabled course / yardage guide for golf courses INCLUDING bunkers, hazards, tees, as well as the center, front, and back of greens. Course Guide GPS also allows you to track your score, total strokes, putts, chips, sand shots, as well as penalties. New in version 3.5 you can view your playing statistics in the Player Information screen. These statistics include your best rounds, average scores by hole, and the best you've played each hole. In version 2.0, you can see tips from the pros on how to play holes, save your own notes, and even keep track of each of your shots. Plus, if the course supports online tee time booking, Course Guide will take you right to that page. The app is free and you purchase only the courses you want. ********** Currently available for: - Crystal Springs Golf Club, Burlingame, CA - Duke University Golf Club, Durham, NC - Heritage Golf Club, Wake Forest, NC - Shoreline Golf Links, Mountain View, CA - Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC ********** Please ask your golf course's head pro to contact support@ligaturetech.com for information about adding support for their golf course.

About

Golfiasta

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Find any golf course, get live GPS distances, and track your scores — all on your phone. If you know how to use Apple Maps, you already know how to use Golfiasta. No tutorials, no sign-up screens, no learning curve. Just search, tap Play, and go. Satellite views of every hole, shot planning tools, front/center/back yardage to the green, and a built-in scorecard — no subscription required. FIND COURSES INSTANTLY Search by name or tap the location button to discover courses near you. Golfiasta includes a bundled database of thousands of courses across the US, Canada, and Mexico so course data loads instantly without waiting for a server, and can find international courses online via OpenStreetMap. PLAY MODE WITH LIVE GPS Select a course and tap Play — that's it. Every hole is overlaid on a satellite map with tee boxes, fairways, greens, and bunkers clearly marked. Swipe through holes with the picker at the bottom. Pinch, pan, and rotate the map just like you would in any maps app. GPS DISTANCES TO THE GREEN See live yardage to the front, center, and back of the green, updated continuously as you move. Distances are calculated from actual green polygon geometry when available, giving you accurate reads — not just pin distance. SHOT PLANNING Tap anywhere on the map to place a waypoint. Golfiasta instantly shows the distance from your position to the waypoint and from the waypoint to the pin, so you can plan layups, dogleg plays, or carry distances before you swing. HOLE-BY-HOLE NAVIGATION Each hole view automatically aligns the camera to the tee-to-green bearing with a 45-degree tilt, so you see the hole from the perspective you'd see it from the tee. Swipe through holes or tap "All" to see the full course layout. Auto-advance automatically moves you to the next hole when you finish putting and walk toward the next tee — no tapping required. Toggle it on or off anytime. DETAILED COURSE FEATURES Fairways, greens, tee boxes, and bunkers are rendered as color-coded overlays directly on the satellite map. Features are filtered per hole to keep the display clean and fast. SCORECARD & SCORE TRACKING Keep score as you play with a beautifully designed scorecard. Tap any hole to enter your score with a simple +/- stepper anchored to par. Birdies get circles, bogeys get squares — just like a real paper scorecard. Your scores are saved automatically when you finish your round. Share your completed scorecard as an image with friends or on social media. ROUND HISTORY Review all your past rounds with scores, par comparisons, and course details. Tap any saved round to see the full hole-by-hole breakdown, or hit Play Again to jump straight back into play mode on that course. Swipe to delete rounds you no longer need. Your round history syncs across your Apple devices via iCloud. NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO ADS. Golfiasta is a one-time purchase. No monthly fees, no ads, no account required. Your data stays on your device and syncs securely via iCloud. BUILT WITH OPENSTREETMAP DATA Course layouts are derived from OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org), available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map data is contributed by a worldwide community of volunteer mappers. For license details, visit opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl. GPS distances are approximate and should not be used as a substitute for official course markers or rangefinders.

Screenshots

Course Guide GPS4 screens
Golfiasta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Golfiasta at none against Course Guide GPS's 8. Golfiasta also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Course Guide GPS sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Golfiasta asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Course Guide GPS ships an update every 2 months, Golfiasta every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Course Guide GPS versus Golfiasta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourse Guide GPSGolfiasta
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLigature Technologies, LLC.Loomi Lifestyle

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Course Guide GPS

One-time8
  • Heatherwoode Golf Club, Springboro, OH$0.99
  • Sunken Gardens Sunnyvale CA$0.99
  • Shoreline Golf Links, Mountain View, CA$1.99
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  • Crystal Springs Golf Club, Burlingame, CA$1.99
  • Hillandale Golf Course$1.99
  • Heritage Golf Club, Wake Forest, NC$2.99
  • Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC$5.99
  • Duke Univeristy Golf Club, Durham, NC$6.99
None

Golfiasta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Course Guide GPS free?
Course Guide GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Golfiasta free?
Golfiasta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Course Guide GPS or Golfiasta have ads?
Neither Course Guide GPS nor Golfiasta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Course Guide GPS or Golfiasta?
Course Guide GPS ships an update every 2 months, and Golfiasta every 3 days. Most recently, Course Guide GPS was updated on October 8, 2026 and Golfiasta on October 25, 2026.

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